diff --git a/php/Modules/Album.php b/php/Modules/Album.php
index 4460a5c..253d224 100644
--- a/php/Modules/Album.php
+++ b/php/Modules/Album.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ final class Album {
 			if (!@is_readable($photo->url)) continue;
 
 			// Get extension of image
-			$extension = getExtension($photo->url);
+			$extension = getExtension($photo->url, true);
 
 			// Set title for photo
 			$zipFileName = $zipTitle . '/' . $photo->title . $extension;
diff --git a/php/Modules/Import.php b/php/Modules/Import.php
index 3bf0df1..76adf19 100644
--- a/php/Modules/Import.php
+++ b/php/Modules/Import.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ final class Import {
 			// This prevents us from downloading invalid photos.
 
 			// Verify extension
-			$extension = getExtension($url);
+			$extension = getExtension($url, true);
 			if (!in_array(strtolower($extension), Photo::$validExtensions, true)) {
 				$error = true;
 				Log::error(Database::get(), __METHOD__, __LINE__, 'Photo format not supported (' . $url . ')');
diff --git a/php/Modules/Photo.php b/php/Modules/Photo.php
index 55fe91f..50f6dfc 100755
--- a/php/Modules/Photo.php
+++ b/php/Modules/Photo.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ final class Photo {
 		}
 
 		// Verify extension
-		$extension = getExtension($file['name']);
+		$extension = getExtension($file['name'], false);
 		if (!in_array(strtolower($extension), self::$validExtensions, true)) {
 			Log::error(Database::get(), __METHOD__, __LINE__, 'Photo format not supported');
 			if ($returnOnError===true) return false;
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ final class Photo {
 		}
 
 		// Get extension
-		$extension = getExtension($photo->url);
-		if ($extension===false) {
+		$extension = getExtension($photo->url, true);
+		if (empty($extension)) {
 			Log::error(Database::get(), __METHOD__, __LINE__, 'Invalid photo extension');
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/php/helpers/getExtension.php b/php/helpers/getExtension.php
index 21089c0..d8df170 100644
--- a/php/helpers/getExtension.php
+++ b/php/helpers/getExtension.php
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 <?php
 
-function getExtension($filename) {
+# Returns the extension of the filename (path or URI) or an empty string
+function getExtension($filename, $isURI = false) {
 
-	$extension = strpos($filename, '.') !== false
-		? strrchr($filename, '.')
-		: '';
+    # If $filename is an URI, get only the path component
+    if ($isURI)
+        $filename = parse_url($filename, PHP_URL_PATH);
+
+	$extension = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
+
+    if (!empty($extension))
+        $extension = '.' . $extension;
 
 	return $extension;
-
 }
 
 ?>
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